Digger556
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Digger, great comments except I don't agree with ever adding weight ahead of the front axle to reduce rear axle weight. Yes, you are right it will unload the rear axle and add double the weight to the front axle. However, since Broncos are already nose heavy the handling really suffers on low friction surfaces. I moved my battery from the stock location, in front of the front axle to down on the frame in front of the rear axle just for this reason. As a general rule you should always try to keep the weight between the axles, as low as possible.
Regards, Tony
Yeah, I was probably thinking more about when I hitch up a trailer. Even at 200 lbs tongue weight, that adds 300lbs to the rear axle and removes 100 lbs from the front. My rig static is very close to 50/50 bias with ~950lb sprung weight at every corner.